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David Cappello (KG5EIU)

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300 AAC Blackout Build

A Custom Built AR15 Style Rifle – Build Details Using A Noveske Stripped AR15 Lower and a 300 Blackout Upper From Advanced Armament Corp (AAC).  A Complete Upper With KAC URX Rails and Flash Hider.

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Spike’s Tactical 5.56 Build

Build Details Of An AR15 – SPIKE’S Tactical Stripped Zombie Lower And A SPIKE’S 16” LE M4  Complete Upper With Rail System, All custom coated in OD Green and outfitted with custom MagPul FDE furniture and UBR Stock.

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QRP At White Rock

Short video clip of one of my favorite QRP spots out at White Rock Lake Park in Dallas TX.

Operating QRP at White Rock Lake Park in Dallas TX at the waters edge. Running a Elecraft KX3 and PX3 at 10W into an Alpha EZ-Miltary Antenna with 50′ LMR-400 ultra Flex at the waters edge.

SOTA Adventure April 2016

This is old news – but a link to my last big SOTA activation out in AZ and NM April 2016.  Some really spectular summits and a load of fun and 196 activator points for my effort.

Meraki MC74 Interface

 

Quick video of the Meraki MC74 IP phone Interface and user experience.  Very nice pretty, responsive interface that is very simple and easy to use.

Additional photos and details at in my Flickr Gallery:
Meraki MC74

Meraki MC74 Unboxing

A New Voice In Communication

 

Fresh from the Cisco Meraki factory and off the UPS truck I unbox a Meraki MC74.  100% Cloud managed using the cloud-hosted Meraki Dashboard.  More details on the Meraki Site.

Direct link to the install guide is here

Alpha 6-160M Portable Antenna

Looks like Alpha Antenna has been busy – they have a new 6-160M Multiband Tactical Portable Antenna.   Check it out on their website – http://amateurradiostore.com

Alpha 6-160M

Will be un-boxing a Meraki MC74.   Stay tuned.

New FLDIGI and FLMSG

Be sure to check out the new FLDIGI and FLMSG 3.0 with the new ARQ mode.   Download the latest versions from Source Forge Here.  Experimenting with ARQ on the Dallas NBEMS NET.

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